Why the hell do people have such weird rituals when it comes to driving stick...

Why the hell do people have such weird rituals when it comes to driving stick? I always see people wiggling the shifter around and going in and out of various gears for no reason or wiggling their hand on top of the shifter

Like look at this video:

youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1SwxLb0R0

What the fuck is this retard even doing? I know how to drive stick and there is literally zero reason to do 90% of the motions he is doing with his hand. Put it in gear and fucking leave it alone you fucking moron

Why the fuk do you care about how other men handle their knobs OP?

You're a fucking thot

these are habits you develop when driving a manual. basically it is to see if you're in neutral and doublechecking you're in gear etc when driving.

sorry but that is complete baloney. it's obvious when you're in neutral as the shifter just flings back to the middle. also gears are notchy, it's obvious when you're in gear. the guy in op's vid is just a retard

surely this srututu business gets old after a while?

some habits like wiggling to check if in neutral, double checking if first, etc are fine, but the guy in the video is retarded

What exactly do you need to double check? It notches into first, you literally feel it.

Does it hurt to double check? What a fucking sperg

damn, reminds me of the faggot that bought my previous car

('01 Forester with 200k on original head gaskets, had trans and viscous coupling going out and I sold it with a "bad rear CV axle, 2 hour job tops" for $3500, top kek)

anyways on the test drive,any time we stopped and he had to put it in first, he would grab ahold of the shifter like it was an upright pole y'know, and fucking SLAM it into 2nd, then 1st as fast as he could

Of course it would grind badly into 1st since the synchros had no idea what they did to deserve it, and after a few times of me ignoring it, the fucker had the gumption to ask me what was wrong with the car

Autism took over and I half-shouted "what the fuck are you doin there bud?" the next time he did it, he got all sad and upset but i ended up explaining that his retard motion wasn't necessary, it goes into 1st just fine

Mfw he does again when he's driving off with the car (ended up buying it kek, I didn't feel a twinge of regret)

mfw no face

I wiggle in neutral but i think that's perfectly acceptable 2bh